Everton striker Victor Anichebe wants to rid himself of his "super sub" reputation and start playing and scoring more regularly.

The Nigeria international is the Toffees' top scorer this season with four goals after coming off the bench to equalise late on in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Wigan.

And although the vacancy arising from Louis Saha's deadline-day departure to Tottenham was filled by the arrival of £5.5million signing Nikica Jelavic from Rangers, Anichebe believes he can play a bigger part in first-team affairs having overcome injury problems.

"I tried to rubbish that super sub tag from the Europa League a few years back but it seems to be following me round," the 23-year-old told the Liverpool Echo.

"Hopefully I can start a few more games soon. The manager keeps putting me in and then taking me out and just trying to help me really.

"Obviously I have had the injuries and I hadn't trained for a few days before Wigan so it is important to be careful."